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A look at the 24-hour physical activity and sleep recommendations from the ADA/EASD consensus statement 2022
The cardiometabolic benefits of changing physical behaviours such as prolonged sitting
Which exercise has the greatest impact on cardiometabolic risk, and what is the evidence for 10,000 steps a day?
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GPwSI in Diabetes, Cardiff
Sarah is a GP in Cardiff with a special interest in diabetes. She qualified at the University of Wales College of Medicine in 2003 and initially trained as a physician, before making the move into general practice and never looked back! She has continued her interest in diabetes and presents regularly on the subject to colleagues at local and national meetings. She is passionate about general practice, particularly great quality diabetes care in the primary care setting.
She is the Clinical Director for Diabetes in primary care for Cardiff and Vale UHB and All Wales lead for diabetes in primary care. She is a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, Primary Care Diabetes Society committee member and a presenter for NB Medical Hot Topics, leading their diabetes course.
GP, Shepton Mallet and Clinical Respiratory Lead, NHS England South West and NHS Somerset
Steve has been a GP partner since 1989 and continues working clinically 5 sessions per week. He is a passionate generalist – but has a respiratory specialist interest. Steve has worked nationally and internationally on respiratory issues – and has more than 200 publications on respiratory topics. He has been involved in national and international guidelines and has worked to promote good quality care for people with long term conditions. He works on educational issues in primary and secondary care – and has regular involvement with Asthma and Lung UK as well as more local patient groups in encouraging change in practice.
He has worked in service development since fundholding in the 1990s through many changes and remains passionate to make a difference.
Steve enjoys music, running, watching rugby and time spent with his wife and two daughters.
Senior Diabetes Clinical Pharmacist, Primary Care Sheffield, Sheffield
Alia Gilani is a Senior Diabetes Clinical Pharmacist whose interests lie in ethnic inequalities and diabetes. She helped establish and run a bi-lingual medication review service in NHS Glasgow in 2002 and received several awards for her work. She has also been running outreach clinics for South Asian people with diabetes for over a decade in various locations including mosques and elderly centres.
Alia currently works part time as a Senior Diabetes Clinical Pharmacist for Primary Care Sheffield in a large general practice in an area with high deprivation and ethnic inequalities managing those with diabetes. The role entails managing complex high-risk patients and mentoring and upskilling the primary care multidisciplinary team.
Alia is on the editorial board of the Diabetes & Primary Care journal. She contributes to several journals by writing articles on diabetes-related topics. She is involved in healthcare professional education, delivering lectures both locally and nationally on topics from managing diabetes during Ramadan to tackling health and ethnic inequalities.
Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardio-metabolic Medicine, Leicester.
Prof Sam Seidu is Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardio-metabolic Medicine. He is currently the vice-chair for Research for Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE). He is a board member of the Primary Care Diabetes Society of UK and is also currently a Clinical Lead and mentor for diabetes in the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System. In 2021, he was named the most outstanding early career researcher by the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is an associate editor of the Primary Care Diabetes journal.
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